Tag: notepad++

I have used Processing with an external editor for years now, and I relied heavily on the “use external editor” option in the IDE. That option is now gone, and has been replaced by a command line option instead.

At first the removal of that option annoyed me, but it has grown on me after I managed to set it up properly.

To set it up in Notepad++ you have to install a plug-in called NppExec. That can be done with the plugin manager.

When that is done, open up the source file for a Processing sketch, and press F6.